• What is the name of your artist?
  • Where were they born in Atlantic Canada?
  • What type of art do they produce?
  • Give examples of some of the art for which they are well known.
  • Where did they go to school
  • What jobs have they had?
  • Who are their parents?
  • Who are their brothers and sisters (if any)?
  • Additional interesting facts?

HANK SNOW
Hank Snow is from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was born in May 9,1914.He was a musician and also was a songwriter. Hank Snow was a vocals and he played guitar.10 Most famous song that he wrote are "I'm Moving on", "I've Been Everywhere", "Ninety Miles An Hour Down A Dead End Street", "Hello Love", "The Golden Rocket", "The Wreck of the old 97", "I Don't hurt Anymore", "let Me Go Lover", "Black Diamond" and "Down The Trail of Aching Hearts".

Songs Linkhttp://www.axs.com/10-best-hank-snow-songs-53581

He live with is his mom and stepfather when he was young.When he was 12 years old he ran away from home to escape a brutal stepfather and worked at the fishing boat.He didn't go to school when he was young.In his 50 year career he managed to record over 140 albums of music and charted 85 single records. He has had many nick names in his life but the one that stuck is the “Singing Ranger.” Snow had a vocal style that was very unique and it was instantly easy to tell that the vocalist singing the song was him. Fans of the man know that he was a great songwriter and was very capable of letting his emotions show in the vocals on his songs.

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information from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Snow